Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-29

absence in reading glowing testimonials,
never for a moment suspccting that the
names OF patrons and physicians were
fictitious, Indeed, with the medical pro-
fession thus at her back, she received with
no little dignity Aunt kitty's sighting
opinion Of her purchases
As 1t grew dark however, she became too
restless to keep to any employment, and
spent her time vibrating between the
window and fireplace-being driven from
the window by iidgety care Of her all
ments, and from the fire hack 10 the win
dow again by the fear that her deafness
would prevent her from knowing Of the
arrival Of the carriage
As she was thus standing by the win
dow. Aunt Kitty made her appearance
carrying saucepan of porridge as an eX-
cuse for her intrusion. She stopped short
| In the doorway. evidently surprised TO
find her mistress alone fastening 10
her side she called in her ear, Missy
/ whar de baby
They have not come yet" said Rachel
"Mahs Dave s hyarr' cried The old
woman. and seizinS Rachel by the arm
she drew her 10 n window lookin,; out on
the side garden, where light. evidently
from the laboratory at the top Of the
! uOuSe, Wis SIl!llIS on the SHOW.
Rachel looked helplessly at her COM
7anion.
Missy" said the old woman, 40 de
Lor'. l is gwinc up dar!' and she started
for the door, perhaps not a little strength
ened in her determination by seeirg that
Rachel followed her.
She climbed the stairs, slapp,ng her big
feet down with less noise than was her
| 10 .;l l.
| hands touched the walls. and mnttering
below her breath: "Ole dog, ole black
| dogr'-whethcr Of her master or Of the
| devil, who was supposed to be his ally,
she did not make clear.
As her turbaned head came above the
| level Of the upper landing she looked in
through the open door Of the laboratory
| OF sudden she slr9tted, and, seizinS
Rachcl's skirts, casped In a whisper:
| "Fo' de Lor' sake. chile, keep stillr'
But curiosity was rs strong as fear.
and she Crept up e couple Of steps that
she might, in her crouching position,
command view OF the room.
She did not in the least doubt that
the ''old black man. was before her
as she Gazcd at the moth eaten orang
outang in the corner. There was an un-
canny skeleton in sight and the fiaring
lights made the uncouth shadows cast by
the retorts tremulous, rs IL the long
stemmed disks were struggling into life.
Rachel was struggling with n vague
fear that rs yet had no shape; and re-
gardless OF Aunt kitty's detaining hand
pushed upward that she might sec into
the room. But the cause of Aunt Kittys
sudden fright was not evident to her
She looked at her brother and saw that he
was looking quietly into a small box,
which stood on table in the center Of
the room. 1t was, in fact, an automatic
incubator Of his own manufacture
Early that day he day suddenly
doubted whether he had filled the lamp
beneath the machine before leaving
home; then, il he had done so, was
he sure Of the Thermometer, or, would
the egg revolve properly and his
mind had gone on imagining all possible
defects in the machine and how he might
have made it better, until he grew more
and more desperate ct the distance that
separated him from home with every hour
of travel the express train made toward
his destination; and he had finally taken
to pacing up and down the car with such
n feverish, one ideaG expression that the
passengers looked after him. On reach
ing home, however, he found that all had
gone on "a well in his absence rs if he had
been standing beside the machine day and
night. Having scrutiniZed il with the
fondness of an inventor, he stood looking
complacently down upon his handiwork,
his eye resting casually on a short hori-
Zontai line Of red ink, which he had put
on the egg, suspended in the warm air, as
n means Of knowing whether it made its
slow, invisible revolutions. 4 film Of
absent lnindednesS had gradually crept
over his face as he looked at the mark,
when all at once he thought he saw il
curve into a rosy mouth and in an instant
more fancied that he saw c soft outline of
limbs.
At that moment there was q sound thar
neither he. nor Rachel, nor Aunt Kitty.
could St once have defined in their over
wrought state of mind-an explosion or
thud. Aunt Kitty plunged down stairs
with howl, nearly upsetting her COM
paniOn in her course Rachel. on recover
ing herself, however, perceived that her
brother was nnhnrt, though apparently
little bewildered to account for what had
happened, and she resolved 70 90 TO him
When she reached his side he was again
busy with the incubator: this time in
pick;ny IN hits Of shattered goo she'll
David" she said, ''what has thee done
with the childs''
He started violently and looking at ber
returned, 1.-The baby, l have failedr,
Ha snake bitterly Then his face spa.
denly frightened, and fixing his shining
eyes upon her he exclaimed. NO, not
failed! 1t was victory, victory" And
with n ,end., ness sucb "a Rncbe, had
meyer known II, him befor,. he drew ber IN
him and kissed her. then releasing her
ne snid.
..Now Get thee r-opc Rochel. INNS,
vr;ta while tho m,t,cr j. fresh with mo
know not how il 4. bnt nowadays. even
AZ I tbink NV ii, a, sim nwny from ma a,
II they were dreams gliding away from
my awakening senses "
He turned to the table and began eager
ly 10 collect writing materials His at
tention was again attracted by the pres
sure of Rachel's hand. but this time he
turned on her impafieutly